#51997B#51997B

#51997B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.087 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51997B
RGB	rgb(81, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(155, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(155, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 19.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, -29.94, 8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 31.22, 163.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0835 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.087 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3582, 25.9604, 22.7785)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51997B #99516F

analogous

#519957 #51997B #519399

triadic

#51997B #7B5199 #997B51

tetradic

#51997B #575199 #99516F #939951

square

#51997B #575199 #99516F #939951

split-complementary

#51997B #995193 #995751

monochromatic

#27493B #3C715B #51997B #73B599 #9BCAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#51997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#51997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51997B

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51997B	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.087 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7a1',
    500: '#51997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51997b;
$custom-light: #86b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62722,
    "c": 0.08655,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51997B

secondary

#B78FA0

accent

#618BC7

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51997B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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